#49ACD8#49ACD8

#49ACD8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.112 H 230.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49ACD8
RGB	rgb(73, 172, 216)
HSL	hsl(198, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(198, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 20.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.43, -15.27, -30.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.43, 34.33, 243.60°)
OKLab	oklab(70.41% -0.0709 -0.0861)
OKLCH	oklch(70.41% 0.112 230.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.8899, 35.8762, 70.3020)
Luminance	0.3588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49ACD8 #D87549

analogous

#49D8BD #49ACD8 #4965D8

triadic

#49ACD8 #D849AC #ACD849

tetradic

#49ACD8 #BD49D8 #D87549 #65D849

square

#49ACD8 #BD49D8 #D87549 #65D849

split-complementary

#49ACD8 #D84965 #D8BD49

monochromatic

#1D6889 #288EBC #49ACD8 #7BC3E3 #AEDAEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#49ACD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#49ACD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49ACD8

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49ACD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49ACD8	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96AADA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#829BD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49acd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 172, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.112 230.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc4e4',
    500: '#49acd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49acd8;
$custom-light: #8bc4e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49acd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.462,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70406,
    "c": 0.11159,
    "h": 230.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49ACD8

secondary

#DCB3A1

accent

#7440E8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #49ACD8

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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